Standards Interpretation Committee

New Public Comment Period

from February 17 to March 17, 2020

When organic layers are pasture raised throughout the grazing season can they be overwintered in barns without popholes or other means of accessing the outdoors?

If a grower covered the soil in a greenhouse container system and then sprayed a prohibited substance, can the soil be used in containers in subsequent cropping cycles if tests show that it does not contain any residues of the prohibited substance?

Are the restrictions in the formulant listings in Table 4.2 & 4.3 only applicable when formulants are specifically mentioned in an annotation? Or do the annotations for formulants apply whenever a substance contains a formulant?

May calcium chloride be used as an ingredient in beer making?

Click here to see the proposed answers to various questions raised by organic stakeholders regarding the National Standards for Organic Agriculture.

The proposed responses are subject to a 30-day comment period from February 17 to March 17, 2020.